GLASS, John and Doris KENNEDY. The Bridge : The Story of the Longest Covered Bridge in the World. (Fredericton) : New Ireland Press, (1990). First Printing. Pp (8),9-74,(2). Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, card covers. The story of the covered bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick. Vg Signed by both autors. 20.00 View More...

LONG, Bill. Bright Light, White Water : The story of Irish Lighthouses and Their People. Dublin: New Island Books (1993). First Edition. Pp. 224 + 16 pp. of colour plates. Frontis map. 8vo, blue cloth. Stories of the way lifeused to be, the history and the mystique of Ireland's lighthouses, long be fore their automation became the norm. Vg in dj. 50.00 View More...

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Four Courts Press, for the Bristol Record Society, Dublin, 2009, ISBN:9781846821820: 2009

Seller ID: 113215

ISBN: 1846821827

FLAVIN, Susan and Evan T. JONES, (eds.). Bristol's Trade with Ireland and the Continent, 1503-1601 : The evidence of the exchequer customs accounts. Susan Flavin and Evan T. Jones, editors. (Dublin) : Four Courts Press, for the Bristol Record Society, (2009). Pp. (8),ix-xxv,(1),1-1081,(13). 8vo, white cloth with black lettering to spine. Bristol Record Society Publications, volume 61. With several Newfoundland references contained in the index. "The English exchequer customs accounts are the most thorough, comprehensive and long-running records of foreign...View More...

FIELD, Cyril, Colonel. Britain's Sea Soldiers : A History of the Royal Marines and their Predecessors and of their services in action, ashore and afloat, and upon sundry other occasions of moment ; with numerous illustrationsand plans ; foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty. Liverpool: The Lyceum Press, 1924. Two volumes. Pp. [8]. (i)-x, (1)-324 ; [4], (i)-viii, [2], (1)-357, [1], frontis. in each volume, + 59 p. of plates in Volume One,+ 57 p. of plates in Volume Two, many of which are in colour. 4to, dark bl ue cloth spine with blue cloth boards, with gilt titles and devices to front...View More...

LELEAN, Edith. Britannia : A Patriotic Exercise. Toronto : The Educational Publishing Company, 1899. Pp [1]-7,(1) including covers. Small 8vo, white printed self wraps. See Spadoni & Donnelly 303 and Watters p.435 for a 1917 McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart edition, for what is possibly the same text. “The curtain rises on a statue of Britannia, placed in the centre of the stage. The girl who is chosen to represent Britannia should be dressed in white, wearing a helmet, and holding a trident in one hand and a shield in the other. A high, rounded pedestal with a sheet wound around it adds to t...View More...

JEFFERY, Keith. The British Army and the Crisis of Empire, 1918-1922. (Manchester) : Manchester University Press, (1984). First Printing. Pp. (5),vi-viii,[1]-200. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Avolume in the Studies in Military History series. "This book deals with th e period when Britain briefly possessed a 'military' empire and during which the empire experienced its greatest territorial extent. But a summit is also the moment of decline, and within a very few years Britain had begun toreduce the close military and political control she exercised, especial...View More...

TROTTER, Reginald George. The British Empire-Commonwealth : A Study in Political Evolution. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1932. First Printing. Pp. (6),v-viii,(4),3-131,(1). 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering to frontcover and spine. A volume in the Berkshire Studies in European History ser ies. Trotter was affiliated with Queen's University, Kingston. Contents: 1.The Foundations of Colonial Nationality: Charting the New Empire (1783-186 0): The Second Empire's First Half-Century -- The Durham Mission and Report-- Responsible Government Achieved -- Responsible Government Extended and E...View More...

LYNCH, Patricia. Brogeen and the Red Fez. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders. London: Burke, (1963). First Printing. Pp. (6),7-159,(1). Illustrated in blackand white. 8vo, red cloth with black lettering to spine. "The adventure be gan when Cousin Agnes opened the drawer and found a high, round, red cap with a flat top and a long, black silk tassel. Long before that Brian had wanted to join his father, who was going on an unexpected trip to Egypt, but it was only when he found himself wearing the red fez that he knew somethingexciting was about to happen. And he was quite right. The first thing t...View More...

MARSHALL, Frances (compiler). The Bunny Book for Magicians. (Chicago : Magic, Inc., Autumn 1985). Second Printing. Pp (1),2-125,(3). Illustrated. Index. Double Column. 4to, green comb-bound, yellow card covers, lettered in black. Frances Ireland Marshall (1910 -2002) was an accomplished magicienne, specializing in children's shows. Around 1931 she started working at L.L. Ireland Magic Co. in Chicago and eventually married the owner Laurie Irelandin 1940. Frances continued to run the company after the death of Laurie in 1954. In 1955, she married magician, Jay Marshall. Very good. Signed with i...View More...

MARSHALL, Frances (compiler). The Bunny Book for Magicians. (Chicago : Magic, Inc., Autumn 1985). Second Printing. Pp (1),2-125,(3). Illustrated. Index. Double Column. 4to, green comb-bound, yellow card covers, lettered in black. Frances Ireland Marshall (1910 -2002) was an accomplished magicienne, specializing in children's shows. Around 1931 she started working at L.L. Ireland Magic Co. in Chicago and eventually married the owner Laurie Irelandin 1940. Frances continued to run the company after the death of Laurie in 1954. In 1955, she married magician, Jay Marshall. Very good. 25.00View More...

HAMMOND, J. L. C. P. Scott of the Manchester Guardian. London : G. Bell andSons Ltd., 1934. First Edition. Pp (8),ix-xv,(1),1-[365],(3), frontispiece + 9 plates. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "The life of C. P. Scott was boind up with the career of the Manchester Guardian. Under his guidance the paper achieved a world-wide standing. Scott, though he didnot court the limelight, took an important part in high politics; and from the quotations taken from the records of his political conversations (whic h ran from the year 1911) it is now possible to see the part that he too...View More...

GRAY, George J.. Cambridge Bookselling and The Oldest Bookshop in the United Kingdom. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1925. Pp. 35. Frontis and one illustration. Small 8vo, grey printed paper covers. An Address delivered by George Gray under the auspices of the Eastern Branch of the Associated Booksellersof Great Britain and Ireland in December 1924. Some waterstaining to spine and lower covers, rear corner creased, rubbed, else vg. 20.00View More...

HADFIELD, Andrew, (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Spenser. (Cambridge) : Cambridge University Press, (2001) First Edition Pp (8),ix-xx,1-278,(6). A few illustrations in the text.8vo, black cloth, gilt lerttering to spine. In the Cambridge Companions to Literature series. "In this accessible and rigorous introduction to Spenser, fourteen specially-commissioned essays provide all the essential information required to appreciate and understand Spenser's rewarding and challenging work. The Companion guides the reader through Spenser's poetry and prose, and provides extensive commentary on hi...View More...

BADAMI, Anita Rau. Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? (Toronto) : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, (2006). First Printing. Pp. (14),[3]-412,(7). 8vo (162 x 235 mm), black cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.
Anita Rau Badami (b. September 24, 1961, Rourkela, Odisha, India) emigrated to Canada in 1991. She was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia Polytechnic in Bombay, and the University of Calgary. Ms. Badama was selected as Jury Chair for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and received the Marian Engel Award for a female writer in mid-career.
"Anita Rau Badami's ne...View More...

SCHMIDT, René. Canadian Disasters. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic, (1986). Pp 124. Illustrated with photo reproductions to text. 8vo, illustrated card covers. This is a collection of 28 tragic events in Canadian history for the young reader. Some of the nautical events described are: The wreck of thePrincess Sophia; the sinking of the Ocean Ranger; sinking of the Empress o f Ireland; the SS Noronic fire; the Halifax Explosion. Rubbed, pages yellowing, ow vg. 5.00 View More...

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